Beanie & Blazer Radio

What happens when you get a PhD, an executive coach, and 2 entrepreneurs on a Zoom call together?

In this week's episode of Beanie & Blazer Radio, Erik interviews Dr. Mark Guadagnoli, Professor of Neuroscience & Neurology at the UNLV School of Medicine. 

As a published author with dozens of articles and papers online, a speaker, and an educator, Mark's experience training optimized learning has added tremendously to the Mindset Accelerator curriculum.  

In this episode, he unpacks concepts that have been critical in his work with collegiate athletes, executives at massive companies, and....his children. Some of the topics include: 

We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did!

In episode 2 of Season 2, Erik interviews Juddy Arnold, one of the co-creators of Beanie & Blazer's Mindset Accelerator program. Juddy is an entrepreneur, executive coach, adventure dirt biker, father, husband, and brilliant thinker. He offers a unique blend of insane life experiences coupled with deep philosophical insights. In under an hour, Juddy breaks down challenging concepts like: 

Show Notes

3:55 Erik talking about his experience in the Mindset Accelerator

5:50 The P3 Framework (person, performance, production)

10:47 How to get clarity of your purpose

13:15 Identities and self-worth

16:20 Cognitive capacity and emotional struggle

17:27 Erik on creating super-performers

20:38 Self-sabotage

24:55 Becoming exceptional

32:40 Alive + awake = amazing

34:00 Living your purpose

In season 2 of Beanie & Blazer Radio, the show takes on a new format. Your familiar host, Erik Horbacz, will be interviewing the creators of Beanie & Blazer's Mindset Accelerator program. Through a combination of research, experience, and experimentation, we've arrived at some fantastic lifestyle engineering techniques that we've baked into our programming. In each episode, we'll unpack the bleeding edge concepts, models, and frameworks that make the Mindset Accelerator so valuable.  Throughout the next eight episodes of the show, you'll hear from: 

In today's episode, you'll hear from another familiar voice, Brandon Walker.

Show Notes

3:55 Why goal-setting gets a bad reputation

8:10 Why people fail to achieve their goals

11:35 Difference between dreams and goals

17:20 COVID, goal-setting, professional sports

23:15 Boundaries & values

28:38 Boundaries & anti-values

34:05 How we get our subconscious values

39:30 Breaking from the American Dream

In the final episode of season 1 of Beanie & Blazer Radio, Erik and Brandon tie together everything from the first season. We review the Beanie & Blazer eBook, 'From Restless to Relentless', to specifically explain how to become a high performer. This is a dense, detailed episode with a ton of actionable insights. Enjoy!

Show Notes

0:00:56 React & Riff

0:05:53 The problem

0:06:52 The 7-day program

0:11:41 Personal development is like building a house

0:14:08 Recovery as a corollary to effort

0:16:46 The importance of grit for high performers

0:24:36 The importance of optimism in goal-setting

0:27:11 How to set values-based goals

0:32:26 How to manage your goal stack without getting overwhelmed

0:37:11 How and why we avoid pain

0:39:19 Nobody is going to build it for you

0:42:11 Rigid flexibility

0:48:51 Mysticism vs. Science

0:50:19 Why people get stuck adhering to other people's values

0:53:04 Why breaking habits is so hard

1:05:46 The challenges of attending a Tony Robbins seminar

1:07:39 The Weekly Challenge

1:09:39 Erik's core personal value statement

1:21:36 Entrepreneurs on the Fly

References

The Upside of your Dark Side - Todd Kashdan & Robert Biswas-Diener

Start with Why - Simon Sinek

What You Do is Who You Are - Ben Horowitz

In this week's episode, Erik and Brandon talk about the anchor that ties the entire Beanie & Blazer methodology together. Whether you're aware of them or not, your values impact your decisions and relationships every day. In this episode, we show you how to become more aware of your values and offer new perspectives on how you can live more richly and authentically.

Show Notes

0:00:40 React & Riff

0:02:53 The problem with not understanding your core personal values

0:11:17 Brandon's Core Personal Value Statement

0:14:29 Becoming a high performer by shedding the ego

0:20:21 What to do when you struggle to find your values

0:21:12 Sharing values with a spouse or business partner

0:26:39 Similarities between entrepreneurship and parenthood

0:30:05 Finding your purpose for being on the planet

0:32:46 The real impact of values as a high performer

0:37:02 Brandon coaching someone on values

0:42:45 Being a hard performer is hard

0:44:52 Appreciating the journey makes all the difference

0:49:52 The Weekly Challenge

0:58:55 Entrepreneurs on the Fly

References

Action Bronson on Hot Ones

Jamie Wheal - Flow Genome Project

Cold Turkey

In this week's podcast, Erik and Brandon test a modern take on book reviews. Erik read Johann Hari's NYT best-selling book, Lost Connections, and pushed Brandon's ability to riff on concepts like how to handle disconnection from meaningful work, meaningful relationships, and meaningful values. This episode is one of our favorites to-date due to its unique style and important subject matter.

Show Notes

00:40 React & Riff

04:38 Causes of anxiety and depression 

11:25 Disconnection from meaningful work 

20:54 Disconnection from meaningful values

25:35 Trauma and performance

29:14 Disconnection from meaningful people

39:33 Ambiguity from COVID-19 

42:13 Disconnection from respect

52:38 Key Takeaways 

53:33 Weekly Challenge

1:03:07 Entrepreneurs on the Fly

References

Lost Connections - Johan Hari

It Didn't Start with You - Mark Wolynn

Gallup Employee Engagement links

Sheldon Cohen's study on cold virus and stress

Loneliness and Cortisol study

Dr. Andrew Huberman on Joe Rogan

In this week’s episode, Brandon and Erik talk about the art of learning. The ability to learn is one of the characteristics that good hiring managers focus on in their interviews. How do you prepare yourself for a learning opportunity? Where do you fall on the learning curve? How can you quicken your ability to learn new information? All of this, and way more, is covered in episode 7.

Show Notes

00:38 React & Riff

07:01 Erik overcoming anxiety around public speaking

08:33 What is learning?

08:58 Benefits of learning

12:33 Teachable moments and catalysts for learning

18:23 Using happiness as a tracker for a learning opportunity

20:11 Deciding to engage - Fight, flight, and freeze

22:30 How to know when it’s not worth pursuing the learning opportunity

26:58 The first stage of learning: Blissful Ignorance

28:43 Funny call to action to the listeners

30:58 The second stage of learning: Painful Awareness

31:28 The third stage of learning: Amateur Expertise

32:26 The final stage of learning: Autodidact 

40:31 Finding mentors to help you learn

41:26 Test everything

42:51 Being honest with yourself about where you fall on the learning curve

44:16 Curating your information diet

48:07 Key takeaways

50:02 The Weekly Challenge

58:11 Entrepreneurs on the Fly

59:41 Brandon being vulnerable about his production

References & Resources

Jim Kwik

Living with a Seal - Jesse Itzler

The Morning Brew

The Hustle

David Perell

Mark Manson

James Clear

Steven Kotler

Jamie Wheal

Principles - Ray Dalio

In this week’s episode, Brandon and Erik explore breaking and creating new habits. We talk about the impact that COVID-19 has had on routines and discipline, especially for entrepreneurs. Learn all about habit-stacking, self-shaming, and identity creation to streamline your personal habits journey.

Show Notes

0:33 React and Riff

4:01 Meditation as cornerstone habit for Erik

5:27 Erik learning to actively implement habits and self-shaming

6:38 Rising to be better, not comparing your habits to the average

9:26 Hydration and water

11:42 High-performers losing habits due to COVID

12:44 How the trauma of COVID impacts all of our habits

16:40 Self-identity and habit formation

25:03 Loss aversion and losing good habits

25:31 All or nothing approach to habits creates self-shame

30:57 Clarity of habits and values

32:53 Video games taking advantage of habit development

41:54 Opening yourself to constructive criticism 

54:31 Weekly Challenge

1:02:43 Entrepreneurs on the Fly

References

Atomic Habits - James Clear

The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg

66 Days to Make or Break a Habit (Healthline)

Hooked - NIr Eyal

Becoming Supernatural - Joe Dispenza

In this episode of Beanie & Blazer Radio, Brandon presents his perspective on the make-up of a tribe. Pulling from personal and professional experience, both Brandon and Erik discuss their tribes, what they wish they knew earlier, and pitfalls of not trusting your gut.

Show Notes

0:34 React & Riff

1:50 Definition of a tribe

4:57 Erik’s utilization of mentors

7:21 Erik’s tribe

9:28 Thought leaders vs. having a tribe

15:30 How Brandon’s tribe evolves

16:20 Clicking with people who have similar worldviews

26:30 Connecting as an extrovert/introvert

28:30 Cold messaging for mentors

30:16 How to cold message potential mentors

30:51 Getting Jesse Itzler’s attention

33:43 Framework for cold messaging

38:35 Advisors and decision-making

39:56 Owning your decisions

40:19 Key takeaways

41:42 Weekly Challenge

44:45 Brandon’s hedonistic calendar

48:44 Brandon’s obituary

53:30 Entrepreneurs on the Fly

References

Principles: Life & Work - Ray Dalio