In this episode of Peak Performance Perspectives, host Mark welcomes Charles Cormier, CEO of Top Leads, serial entrepreneur, Ironman competitor, and Spartan racer, for an intense, no-holds-barred conversation about pain, success, and personal transformation. Charles shares how his extreme physical challenges—ranging from Ironman races to ultra-distance Spartan events—aren’t just tests of endurance but key drivers of his mental fortitude and entrepreneurial success.
Charles dives deep into his motivations for seeking out pain and adversity, explaining how pushing through discomfort makes him a "different specimen" with high pain tolerance, grit, and resilience—qualities essential for scaling businesses and overcoming personal challenges. He discusses how these principles apply to entrepreneurship, sharing his journey from a directionless young man to building multiple companies and hiring over a thousand employees.
For aspiring entrepreneurs, Charles offers actionable insights on getting started without funding, embracing bootstrapping, and launching a business, even while living at home. He advises avoiding the “easy path” of video games and other distractions and instead encourages young people to immerse themselves in physical challenges, meditation, and self-development.
Listeners will be inspired by Charles' practical tips on lead generation using tools like Apollo, SendGrid, and podcasting as a funnel. He emphasizes the importance of networking with like-minded founders, scaling with systems instead of employees, and leveraging AI for business growth. With candid discussions on topics like avoiding toxic environments, using anger productively, and the future impact of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Charles delivers a blueprint for building a resilient mindset and thriving in the digital economy.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking unfiltered advice on how to build mental toughness, succeed in business, and push personal limits to achieve peak performance.
Podcast he has been on: shrtm.nu/hVMF6bq
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Started a nootropic company and a bunch of cash cow companies while in Hong Kong 10 years ago. Ultra athlete, hyperlearner, biohacker and serial entrepreneur going for the trillions.
🔅 energy split: 🎙️40% podcasting 👑 15% communities 🌍 40% leadgencies 🌚 5% moonshots
👉 get to know me here: https://linktr.ee/charlesnsystems
🦾 ask CharlesGPT about AI, startups and mindset here: shrtm.nu/ieK
🥊 45k+ hours as a CEfOunder in the trenches
📈 20k+ new MRR personally closed monthly (x 100+ weeks)
🏋️ 6.5k workouts crunched
🤯 5k+ lifetime demo calls
📧 850+ cold e-mails written
🚀 50+ startups launched -> 80% failed
🌏 32+ countries in which we have clients
🎙 16+ podcasts recorded/day
✨ Join me on one of these StarShots (intrapreneurs / cofounders):
🧠 2022: producing the highest quality content for 1000 subscribing intellectual entrepreneurs ✔
🧪 2024: produce over 1000 product market fit experiments.✔
🗣 2025: talk to 10 000 founders. Develop the strongest CEO community of all time ✔
🌌 2026: AGI built💸 2030: achieving trillion-dollar mark w/ startup Ecosystem
👾 2035: tracking happiness biologically in real time
⌚️ 2040: changing how clinical studies are made and what "science" means
🥱 2042.5: making sleep obsolete
👴🏼 2045: reverse biological age for good
🦾 2050: neuralinking man with machine
🌚 2055: pursue Elon's legacy and colonize Moon+Mars, maybe throw myself in a black hole and haunt your dreams
📡 2060: prototype 1000 new inventions, 10 of them being humanity-changing. Make Edison smile.
🌐 2080: make UBI a reality
🪐 2090: bending laws of physics... wait I'm already doing that
👨🏼🎨 draw / listen to the best music
🏚 I'm not good at any house-maintenance stuff.
🤐 I say pretty much everything I think as I value honesty.
🗼 I am a big thinker, this scares people off sometimes
🐘 I care too much about humans, more than they care themselves
🦸 I hold others accountable to my same standards
📈 I believe anyone can/should be an entrepreneur
💔 I am not good at cutting ties
👂 I could be a better listener
🍛 I always take more on my plate than I can eat
🧑🚀 I am disconnected from reality
👽 I look at everything through my own cultural lens, namely entrepreneurship.
⏰ I could be more punctual
🌗 I am often contradictory