Collective Ambition with Leon Hendrix

We live in a more and more artificial world that is not designed to optimize our health & wellbeing. When I started digging into optimizing my sleep because I was constantly tired and not sleeping well, I heard about today’s guest, Matt Maruca, who absolutely blew my mind about so many different things I was doing wrong.

A few weeks later, he’s on the show with me here to discuss some very controversial topics, such as:

Without further ado, let’s dive right into it!

Find out more about Matt Maruca:

Instagram: @thelightdiet or @ra_optics

Website: https://raoptics.com/

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Seriously...

Get over your petty little egoic motivations and spend more time being inspired by all the great things that will happen rather than meeting your pathetic needs for significance. I’ll only hurt you long-term.

Little rant.

Let me know what you think?

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While everybody talks about how to start & grow a business, there’s a whole different industry out there - the business of buying businesses and completely skipping the grind part.

Building a business is the best way to get rich, but to get really really rich, buying businesses is a much more predictable game.

But don’t you need a lot of money for that? Not necessarily…

Today’s guest is my buddy Adam Tucker who is an Australian investor, adviser and strategist for the companies he buys & supports, as well as a passionate surfer, traveler and overall good dude.

He only buys and invests in companies he believes, with people he wants to be surrounded with and builds is ecosystem around that

Here we discuss:

Without further ado, let’s dive right into it!

Find out more about Adam:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamctucker/

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Most people think once they make $X amount of money they won’t have to worry anymore… yet they end up worrying more than before. Whether that is stress around maintaining the lifestyle they’ve built or losing it all.

I’ve wasted a ton of my money from my first business exit and I’ve had to sit down and get honest with myself - how much money do I actually need to live the lifestyle that allows me to be fully happy?

This one exercise will help you stop stressing about money so much because it’ll put things in perspective.

Let me know if this was helpful!

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In this episode, I talk about the two different areas you need to be passionate about to love your work. 

(A) You need to like the topic it's about (health, video games, soccer, real estate) and (B) enjoy the day-to-day activity according to what you love doing (solving problems, interacting with people, consulting, writing etc.). 

You might love a topic, but hate the business you're in.  OR, you might love doing an activity, but aren't particularly passionate about the topic your business revolves around. 

If you love biohacking, you could start endless businesses: An eCommerce supplements business, a coaching program, a blog, writing a book, creating events for biohackers... but what might matter more than the topic you choose is the medium or vehicle.

Would you like to connect with the most influential people you can think of - celebrities, CEOs, mentors or influencers in your industry that would skyrocket your business?

Steve Sims makes the impossible happen:

He used to be a bricklayer from London, moved to Hong Kong to be a bouncer and networked his way into exclusive circles he shouldn’t be in (CEOs, bankers & wealthy people).

Now he runs a luxury concierge service called Bluefish and they make the impossible happen for their clients, including:

- Getting married in the Vatican by the Pope

- Performing on stage with your favorite band

- Going into a submarine to visit the titanic

- Connecting with business moguls like Elon Musk

One of the most underrated assets is relationships. Looking back, it’s always a relationship that skyrockets someone’s growth & makes things possible. That’s why top CEOs ask WHO, not HOW.

Examples of people who’s career blew up through the right relationship?

- Tony Robbins met Guthy Renker, the infomercial expert who marketed Tony’s infomercials to millions of people

- Richard Branson got mentored by Sir Freddie Laker when he started his airline

- Brian Lee partners up with celebrities like Jessica alba to build billion dollar companies like the Honest Company

Today we’re going to discover how to build genuine relationships with mentors, high-level CEOs, influencers or other people who are currently considered higher status than you. 

We also dive into being transparent & how to figure out who you truly are so you actually connect with people on a deep level.

Find out more about Steve Sims:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveDSims

Website: http://stevedsims.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevedsims or @stevedsims

His book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0766215P6

It would mean the absolute WORLD to me if you shared this with someone or left a quick, honest review on iTunes. 

“Yes, you! You should also be an entrepreneur! Escape the sheep herd and join the wolf pack!” - said the wolf to the sheep to build his own little sheep farm.

So many entrepreneurs (read: wantrepreneurs) think they’re people who are making their own opinion, going their own way and are smarter than those that have a 9-5.

But in reality, they’ve just subscribed to another dogma, have been brainwashed by a different system and even worse, now think they’re better than those who aren’t doing what they’re doing.

I also touch on the brilliant book by Ayn Rand called The Fountainhead, looking at how the different characters (Howard Roark, Peter Keating etc.) perfectly illustrate a similar dynamic.

I can smell insecurity and people pleasing a mile away, including when someone tries to show how “they don’t care what others think” but they’re only saying that because it’s cool to say that and they desperately need your approval.

Highly recommend the book.

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Do you rely on pain to motivate you? You’re struggling to enjoy life the way it is now and always try to get someplace else?

Today’s guest is my buddy Patrick Wagner. We first met when we both started our eCommerce business in 2016 and joined a mastermind where we had weekly mastermind calls. 

Both of us ended selling our businesses in 2018 and made a complete shift in what we were doing - and how we decided to live our life. While both of us were initially driven by scarcity, wanting to just make money and become successful, we realized that it wasn’t fulfilling so we’ve taken a completely different path of self-discovery, learning about ourselves and what we really need to build a life that is true to us.

Here we discuss:

Without further ado, let’s dive right into it!

Find out more about Patrick:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.wagner.357

Website: https://www.patrickwagner.net/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itspatrickwagner/

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In one of our weekly calls my buddy wondered what happened to his motivation. He used to be super motivated to get his business off the ground and get freedom. But now that he has it (currently he’s preparing to sell this baby for multiple millions), he’s struggling to get excited about anything in his life.

He has to push himself to get to work.

Same with his workout routine. He used to be super pumped about it, but his priorities have changed and he’s struggling to stay consistent.

Is it time to update the things you’re going for?

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