Every Breath Counts

Every one of us has unique talents that make us great. Are you aware of your talents? The first step to unlock your potential and step into your power is becoming self aware. This can be uncomfortable and unnerving for many of us. Because self-reflection highlights not only our strengths but our weaknesses. But through this reflection, we can identify areas for growth as well as skills that will facilitate that growth.

What you will learn from this episode

• How Bobbi went from working at Wendy’s to getting a graduate degree 
• How to identify your strengths and weaknesses
• How to realize your potential
• How to persevere when the future is unclear
• How and when to lean into your weaknesses
• How to overcome self-limiting beliefs
• The strength of “just starting”
• The blueprint for building a network
• Who is more likely to succeed: optimist or pessimist
• Identifying your “real self”

Episode Resources

Bobbi’s Websitehttp://www.bobbikahler.com

The UnYielded Showhttp://www.bobbikahler.com/podcast/

Marijuana is becoming legalized throughout the Untied States and the Cannabis and CBD industries are booming! But what is CBD, and is the hype for real? Like any early stage industry, there can be confusion and conflicting data. So how do you know if CBD can actually benefit you? Furthermore, is there a reputable place to buy from? And what do you ask when you get there? These are just some of the questions that Mike and I discuss in this episode.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Business
  • How to turn value into a company
  • Importance of relationship in sales
• Health
  • The difference between CBD and Cannabis
  • Why Full Spectrum and Broad Spectrum are a "cop out"
  • How to determine if CBD is right for you
  • Contraindications (side effects) of CBD
  • Top 5 benefits of CBD use

About Mike -
Hey, I’m Mike! I’m the CEO of Mountain Made and an undiagnosed entrepreneurial addict. Startups are my game and I love all things business. Team building, planning, and mapping give me life—but don’t worry, I’ve got other hobbies too.
When I’m not running a business empire, I’m spending time with my amazing wifey and adorable canine companions exploring the world around us.
You can find me embodying the #GoLikeHell spirit with a ton of active hobbies. I love homesteading, downhill mountain biking, trail running, and anything outside (yes, even yard work!)
I wake up early and I work late. How do I do it, you ask? A complete Mountain Made CBD regimen of course!

Weighing about 3 pounds in the average adult, the brain is about 60% fat. The remaining 40% is a combination of water, protein, carbohydrates and salts. The brain itself is a not a muscle. It contains blood vessels and nerves, including neurons and glial cells. – John’s Hopkins Medicine

So if 60% of your brain is fat, are you feeding it the right fats to promote structural health and optimal function? 

Delia McCabe

Dr. Delia McCabe has dedicated her career to understanding how to nourish high functioning brains. We discuss, not only the necessary dietary foods, but also exercises and lifestyles that promote optimal function. 

This episode was one of the most informational episodes you’ll hear and is chock full of strategies and actionable habits to stay at the top of your game.

What you will learn from this episode

• What the brain is made of and how to build a stronger structure
• The importance of fat for brain health
• How you should consider macro nutrients
• The importance of the brain/gut connection and how to eat for health
• The 5 best foods to feed your brain
• How and why you need to “work out” your brain
• The impact of stress on brain health
• How sleep, sex and sweat improve brain function

About Delia

Delia shifted her focus from conventional talking therapy, after completing her Masters in Psychology. She had discovered that what we eat impacts brain function directly, and came to understand that until the brain is properly nourished no amount of talking can support optimal cognitive functioning.

Delia has since immersed herself in the fascinating world of nutritional neuroscience and offers a focused, insightful, evidence-based approach into how specific foods can improve our mood, concentration, memory and learning ability and help us manage stress and remain calm and happy in our busy, stressful world, regardless of our age! 

Delia received her PhD from Adelaide Medical School and her present research focus is on the neurobiology of stress and nutrition.

Delia’s knowledge about the brains requirements for
optimal well being, her enthusiasm for sharing complex science in an easy-to-understand format, and her ability to share practical and actionable steps with her audience, make her a speaker that keeps her audience engaged and enthralled from start to finish.

People who attend Delia’s events and workshops describe them as ‘extremely engaging, enlightening, fascinating, and motivational!’

Delia’s first book, ‘Feed Your Brain – 7 Steps to a Lighter, Brighter You!’ explains the science behind nutrition and brain health and was released mid-2016.

Delia’s second book, ‘Feed Your Brain – The Cookbook’ was released in November 2017, and takes the science into your kitchen to enable the creation of delicious, brain-supportive meals.

Resources

Delia’s Website

Omega 3 Supplement Recommendation 

Book Recommendations

• “7 Steps to a Lighter Brighter You” by Delia McCabe
• “7 Steps to a Lighter Brighter You – The Cookbook” by Delia McCabe
• “Spark” by John Ratey
• “The End of Alzheimer’s” by Dale Bredesen

Nobody desires to be average, but very few people know how to be great. In this conversation, I talk to Tommy Breedlove about his USA Today Best-Selling Book, Legendary.  

One of the all-time best movie quotes comes from The Sandlot, when Babe Ruth said, “Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”

I wholeheartedly believe that nobody desires to be average, but very few people know how to be great. In this conversation, I talk to Tommy Breedlove about his USA Today Best-Selling Book, Legendary.

Tommy Breedlove

Tommy knows what it takes to create a successful business and life. He has researched the mindset it takes to become Legendary and has distilled it into actionable steps that are easy to understand and apply into your life.

Who is Tommy Breedlove?

Tommy Breedlove is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling authorand Atlanta-based business, relationship, and mindset coach who is a regular featured keynote speaker at global events.

Tommy started his 20-year corporate career at one of the largest financial consulting firms in the world, and eventually became a shareholder, the International Practice Leader, and a member of the board of directors for one of the largest public accounting and financial firms in the southeast U.S.

At the top of his career, Tommy experienced a transformational moment inspiring him to walk away from the corporate world to change his life and follow his true calling.

Tommy now serves clients and audiences everywhere by empowering them to build and live Legendary Lives. He guides people to discover a life of significance while building a lasting legacy. The simple tools he shares shows them how to work in their zone of brilliance, obtain financial freedom, and live with meaning and balance. The goal is to help everybody to become the person they’ve always wanted to be.

When Tommy isn’t speaking or serving his clients, he enjoys traveling the world, hiking, and spending quality time with his wife and two dogs.

What you will learn from this episode:

• The 1 thing to eliminate and what to replace it with
• How to have gratitude and build upon it
• Which words to eliminate from your vocabulary, and what should you replace them with
• Who you need to identify or your inner circle
• What the busiest people do
• How to deal with the guilt that comes with telling people “No.”
• What is your “Zone of Brilliance” and how to operate in it
• How the top 5% think about money
• How you should think about time blocking to get things done
• How to start the day with a win
• How to “Start small and Dream Big”
• The worst advice Tommy ever received

Have you ever wondered how the busiest entrepreneurs have so much energy and focus? Many of them have have made their mental and physical health a priority. And the ones that haven’t experience burnout and fatigue far too often.

Best-Selling author, Nate Palmer realized that as an entrepreneur and fitness enthusiast, certain routines and foods gave him more energy than others. He spent years perfecting his blueprint to optimize health. You can get learn his secrets in his book, The Million Dollar Body Method: The Entrepreneur’s Diet for Superhuman Focus and Rapid Fat Loss. Nate shares the strategies of the book with me during our discussion on this week’s podcast. 

After reading Nate’s book, I applied the morning routine we talk about for 2 weeks. I had sustained energy and focus all day long and never experienced the afternoon brain fog that sets in after a big lunch. If you want to improve your mental clarity and physical performance, heed Nate’s advice and watch your results skyrocket!

What you will learn in this episode

• The perfect morning routine to start your day
• Whether or not breakfast is the most important meal of the day
• The importance of Protein, Fat and Carbs and when to eat them
• What to eat for lunch to eliminate afternoon brain fog
• How discipline during the day gives you freedom for dinner
• How many hours you should be fasting every day
• How complexity kills progress
• How delayed gratification benefits health and is a great parenting tool

Resources from Episode

Get a copy of Nate’s Book – Million Dollar Body Method

Join Nate’s Facebook Group

Learn more about how busy executives can benefit from fitness

Professional Snowboarder and 2022 Olympic hopeful, Lucas Foster shares his unique strategies for optimal performance. Whatever your passion may be, it takes focus and preparation to conquer your goals. 

Michael Phelps said, You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. 

 And Alex Morgan said, Everyone has a talent. It’s what you do with that talent that makes you great. 

Lucas is a rising star on the US Ski and Snowboard team and X-Games competitor. He’s in the prime of his professional career and working towards a birth in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

 Lucas is passionate about becoming the best version of himself and is dedicated to achieving greatness in his life. Lucas shares what he is doing differently than other pros that gives him an edge in competition, how he calms his mind before a big competition, the importance of balanced training, the difference between working in versus working out and so much more.

 If you aspire to be the best in the world at anything, there is so much you can learn from lucas. And in Feb of 2022, you might find yourself crushing your goals, and watching Lucas do that same as he crushes the competition in Beijing.  

Questions I ask Lucas:

• What separates a gold medal snowboarder vs middle of the pack snowboarder?
• What’s the best advice you ever received?
• What’s the worst advice you’ve ever received?
• How do you go from one of the best in the world to THE best in the world?
• Why was it important for you to finish high school and how did you balance schooling and professional sport?
• What are 3-5 habits or daily activities that are non-negotiable to achieve success?
• What’s something you do, a secret performance hack, that no other snowboarder does that you are most proud of? 
• You said you look up to your dad, what’s something you admire about him that you don’t feel like you’ll ever live up to or achieve?
• Is there an inner dichotomy between cheering for your teammates and wanting to succeed at the individual level in a sport like snowboarding?
• What are your thoughts on US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson being banned from the Olympics?
• What is the most impactful book you’ve ever read?
• If you could have a drink with anyone, who would it be, what would you drink and why?
• How do you “Make every breath count” in your life?

Check out Lucas on Instagram!

“A leader must lead, but also be ready to follow. They must be aggressive, but not overbearing. A leader must be calm, but not robotic. They must be confident, but never cocky. A leader must be brave, but not foolhardy. They must have a competitive spirit, but be a gracious loser.” - Jocko Willink

Leadership is a skill that takes time and effort to hone. As a leader, you must think about how each action and interaction defines you and builds your leadership reputation.

I’ve had so many people ask me about what makes a great leader. I’ve been fortunate to work with, and learn from some amazing leaders throughout my life, but some of the best lessons I’ve learned have been from speaking to others. So I’ve chosen an all-star lineup of leaders that have contributed to this podcast to share the 5 pillars of leadership to guarantee results, as discussed on the Every Breath Counts Podcast. 

Minter Dial was the managing director at L’Oreal for over 10 years. We spoke about the importance of authenticity in leadership and how to cultivate an environment in which others can thrive. One of the most important aspects of leadership is not only finding the right people, but putting them in situations to succeed. If you want to learn more from Minter, you can check out Episode 18, The Importance of Authentic Leadership.

Scott Olsen was a counter-intelligence agent in the FBI during the Cold Warand created the leadership development program for the FBI. Leadership is so important when the stakes are highest. Scott talks about not only how to develop leaders, but what traits to look for when searching for and hiring them. You might be surprised to hear that fascination is one of the most important traits. If you want to hear more about Scott’s story and experience in the FBI, check out Episode 16, Become a Better Leader.

Eric Strand is a ultramarathoner that has completed numerous races including the Leadville 100 and the Boston Marathon. He has taken the lessons he learned from 100+ mile races and applied them to his role as COO of Drury Hotels. In Episode 7, Leadership Lessons from UltramarathonsEric shares the importance of setting big goals and surrounding yourself with the best people you can find. While we don’t talk about it in this clip, Eric exemplifies empathy as a leader. When covid hit, he wanted to raise money for the people in his company most affected. So he decided to run 245 straight miles across Missouri to raise money for frontline hospitality workers.

“Hoorah!” The next leader to hear from is Marine and best-selling author David Richards. Marines are known for their leadership qualities and training, and David shares a great story about a platoon in Vietnam. The takeaways of this story are the importance of daily habits and how being dedicated to a process will yield the results you are looking for. He also speaks to the importance of maintaining morale in a stressful environment. Check out Episode 15, Purpose-Driven, to he

Sport Scientist and former collegiate baseball player, Dallen Reber, understands the value of self-reflection. Through such reflection, his athletes honed their strengths and compensated for their weaknesses. So, when he was honest about his personal and professional goals, he knew entrepreneurship was his future. As the creator of the Self-Mastery Journal, Dallen has designed his career to align with his personal mission.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How journaling and honest self-reflection can accelerate your personal and professional growth
• Why resilience is the most important lesson from sports to take and apply to business
• How asking the right questions puts you in position to find the right answer
• The importance of humility and how to accept what you learn about yourself when you self-reflect
• Finding balance between family life and career
• Using “time blocking” to increase your productivity
• How to be present in the moment while other items are unfinished

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Full Show Notes and Resources can be found here:
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Your career is simply how you monetize your skills and purpose. It doesn’t matter where you are in your financial journey, what matters is that you take the time to understand how to manage your money and make it work for you. 

If you value the money you have made or have goals that require a cash investment, you have to understand how to make your money grow. Kenny Polcari is a financial communicator and experienced financial advisor that understands economics as well as anybody. He helps the modern investor navigate the abundance of options available and helps investors create designer portfolios to achieve their financial goals. 

Whether you know everything about money and investing or you are just beginning and only have $100 to invest, you will learn something from this episode. Kenny is not only intelligent but engaging and weaves current events and politics into his predictions for global marketplace.

If you are interested in hearing his DAILY commentary, 

Text “INVEST” to 21000

Questions I ask:

• Who is the modern investor?
• How do you determine your risk tolerance?
• How can you talk to your partner about money?
• How can you create a diversified portfolio?
• How do current events affect the stock market?
• What are smart logic algorithms?
• Should I invest in Bitcoin?
• Which meme stocks should you invest in?
• Are we headed towards inflation?

Kenny’s Bio

Kenny is Founder/CEO of Kace Capital Advisors, Senior Market Strategist of Slatestone Wealth, Strategic Advisor at Campfire Capital and a CNBC financial commentator. As a former member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since 1985, he brings over thirty years of executive management experience in institutional equities and wealth management, and twenty-five years of stewardship in industry advocacy. A charismatic voice on the markets is often quoted in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Associated Press, Financial Times, and Reuters. He first started working with the news media after 9/11, at the request of the NYSE, and became a regular contributor during the financial crisis, developing a reputation for being an advocate for the investing public, and a champion for Main Street on Wall Street. Kenny is on the board of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), and the Headstrong Project, a nonprofit providing free treatment to veterans with PTSD. Kenny has a BSBA in Finance from Boston University School of Management and is series 7, 24, 27, 55, 63 and 65 registered.

You can tweet him at @kennypolcari,
connect on LinkedIn, or
check out his blog at kennypolcari.com.

Your career is simply how you monetize your skills and purpose. It doesn’t matter where you are in your financial journey, what matters is that you take the time to understand how to manage your money and make it work for you. 

If you value the money you have made or have goals that require a cash investment, you have to understand how to make your money grow. Kenny Polcari is a financial communicator and experienced financial advisor that understands economics as well as anybody. He helps the modern investor navigate the abundance of options available and helps investors create designer portfolios to achieve their financial goals. 

Whether you know everything about money and investing or you are just beginning and only have $100 to invest, you will learn something from this episode. Kenny is not only intelligent but engaging and weaves current events and politics into his predictions for global marketplace.

If you are interested in hearing his DAILY commentary, 

Text “INVEST” to 21000

Questions I ask:

• Who is the modern investor?
• How do you determine your risk tolerance?
• How can you talk to your partner about money?
• How can you create a diversified portfolio?
• How do current events affect the stock market?
• What are smart logic algorithms?
• Should I invest in Bitcoin?
• Which meme stocks should you invest in?
• Are we headed towards inflation?

Kenny’s Bio

Kenny is Founder/CEO of Kace Capital Advisors, Senior Market Strategist of Slatestone Wealth, Strategic Advisor at Campfire Capital and a CNBC financial commentator. As a former member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since 1985, he brings over thirty years of executive management experience in institutional equities and wealth management, and twenty-five years of stewardship in industry advocacy. A charismatic voice on the markets is often quoted in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Associated Press, Financial Times, and Reuters. He first started working with the news media after 9/11, at the request of the NYSE, and became a regular contributor during the financial crisis, developing a reputation for being an advocate for the investing public, and a champion for Main Street on Wall Street. Kenny is on the board of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), and the Headstrong Project, a nonprofit providing free treatment to veterans with PTSD. Kenny has a BSBA in Finance from Boston University School of Management and is series 7, 24, 27, 55, 63 and 65 registered.

You can tweet him at @kennypolcari,
connect on LinkedIn, or
check out his blog at kennypolcari.com.