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• The 20-20-20 Formula for an ideal morning:
  • Spend 20 minutes exercising
  • Spend 20 minutes reflecting (journal, meditate, visualize)
  • Spend 20 minutes growing (read books, listen to podcasts, etc.)
• What you value determines where you invest your time, energy, and resources so take some time and access what you value
• If you want to understand why you behave the way you do, ask yourself these questions:
  • Which parent’s love did you crave the most?
  • Who did you have to become to get their love?
  • And what else?
• Affirmations are meant to help you direct your focus, not manifest your desires out of thin air
• Here’s how to get a raise:
  • 1) Send an email to your boss asking if you could meet to discuss what it takes to be a top performer
  • 2) In the meeting, ask for specific feedback on how you could provide more value and set high goals 
  • 3) Tell your boss you’d like to discuss a salary bump 6 months from now and send your boss a weekly update on how you’re performing
    • After the 6 months, if you performed well, your boss will recognize your additional contributions and more likely give you a raise

Are you aiming to get to the next level? This episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu combines some of the best success tips that have ever aired on the show. And as Tom says, “The best thing about these pieces of advice is that they are things anyone can do immediately. They’re easy, practical, obtainable, and--when used regularly--can change your life.” Guests Robin Sharma, Meagan Good, Mark Manson, Dame Dash, Rachel Hollis, Hal Elrod, Ramit Sethi and Sam Harris share some of their most useful advice, all in the space of one half-hour video.

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SHOW NOTES:

Robin Sharma explains how to eliminate distractions and cultivate high energy [1:24]

How to improve your entire day by getting the most out of the first hour [3:01]

Meagan Good explains how she deals with rejection, failure and unfairness [6:12]

Meagan talks about why her mother is her hero [8:01]

Mark Manson discusses the importance of values and how they define us [9:56]

How to use visualization effectively [11:51]

Dame Dash describes his visualization process and why he seeks other perspectives [14:40]

Rachel Hollis talks about dealing with self-sabotage and being a people-pleaser [17:51]

Hal Elrod says that birth and death are the two sides of love [21:46]

Hal uses affirmations to direct his focus [24:28]

Ramit Sethi explains how to get a 25k raise [26:16]

Sam Harris describes meditation as jiu jitsu of the mind [29:35]

QUOTES:

“Why is it less scary to work out than to just think? And it doesn’t take any physical effort. It’s about a perspective. Why are people so scared of the unknown?”  [17:07]

“Birth and death are just as inevitable. And they are two sides of the same coin, which is life.” [22:45]

“Before the sun rises is the time of least distraction.” [3:26]

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Meagan Good: https://bit.ly/3c2cbXi 

Mark Manson: https://bit.ly/2v0uz2h 

Dame Dash: https://bit.ly/2ST4Qle 

Rachel Hollis: https://bit.ly/2SV2iDq 

Hal Elrod: https://bit.ly/38URWcj 

Ramit Sethi: https://bit.ly/3c5F7xK 

Sam Harris: https://bit.ly/380D0YU 

Chances are you've heard the term Blue Zones, coined in reference to five hidden slivers of the world that boast the highest per capita populations of centenarians — people who thrive to 100 and beyond.

Places where people forgot to die.

This is the work of Dan Buettner.

A true renaissance man, Dan is a National Geographic Fellow, longevity expert and world explorer with 3 endurance cycling world records to his name. A multiple New York Times bestselling author, he's a seemingly constant presence on the TODAY show, has appeared on Oprah twice and has been profiled on every respected global media outlet, from CNN to David Letterman.

Over the last decade Dan has delivered more than 500 keynotes, including speeches for Bill Clinton’s Health Matters Initiative, Google Zeitgeist, and TEDMED. His TED Talk “How to live to be 100+” has been viewed over 4 million times.

The Blue Zones Kitchen is Dan's latest New York Times bestseller. Technically a cookbook with over 100 recipes inspired by decades of research studying Blue Zones cultures, Dan elevates the genre with extraordinary photography and an anthropologist's lens on the specific foods, cooking methods and lifestyle practices proven to increase longevity, wellness, and mental health.

In addition, Dan is the founder of Blue Zones Project, a community well-being improvement initiative designed to help people live longer and better through community transformation programs that lower healthcare costs, improve productivity, and boost national recognition as great places to live, work, and play.

Long time listeners will remember Dan's podcast debut (RRP #139), where we explored Dan's adventurous backstory, his fascination with longevity and the research behind all things Blue Zones. 

Our second conversation (RRP #323) focused on the nature of not only living long, but living well — a dissection of the habits and practices that produce that which we seek most — happiness.

Today we synthesize all of it in a primer on how to live a long and fulfilling life.

Not surprisingly, it begins with food. It extends to building better communities. It's underscored by finding purpose. And sharing what you've learned for the betterment of others.

The visually inclined can watch it all go down on YouTube. And as always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Hero, friend and mentor, Dan is a true visionary whose life and work has positively, permanently and quite unequivocally improved the well being of millions.

I love this man. I aspire to his level of impact. And it's an honor to share his powerful message with you today. May you take his wisdom to heart.

Peace + Plants,

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Note: One of the best ways to support the podcast is to support the sponsors. For a complete list of all RRP sponsors and their respective vanity URLs and discount codes, visit my Resources page and click "Sponsors".

SHOW NOTES

Check out Dan's latest, The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100

• Connect With Dan: Blue Zones Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
• Book: The Blue Zones* by Dan Buettner
• Book: The Blue Zones Solution* by Dan Buettner
• Book: The Blue Zones of Happiness* by Dan Buettner
• TED Talk: Dan Buettner: How to Live to 100+
• National Geographic: These Are the World’s Happiest Places
• National Geographic: These traditional diets can lead to long lives
• TODAY: What's the Secret To Happiness? Author Dan Buettner Reveals The Answer
• NY Times: The Island Where People Forgot to Die
• NY Times: My Dinner With Longevity Expert Dan Buettner (No Kale Required)
• Men's Journal: 9 Things Centenarians Do Regularly That Promote Longevity
• TODAY: Tips for living a longer, healthier life
• TODAY: Can the 'Blue Zones' lifestyle help Americans live past 100? This group tried it
• TODAY: 4 recipes from around that world that could help you live longer
• TODAY: ‘The Blue Zones Kitchen’ collects recipes of the world’s oldest people

Related Podcasts You Might Enjoy:

• RRP #139: Dan Buettner on How To Live To Be 100+
• RRP #323: Dan Buettner: Lessons From The World's Happiest People
• RRP #352: Kathy Freston Is The Queen of Clean Protein
• RRP #498: David Sinclair, PhD Wants To Cure Aging

Thanks to Jason Camiolo for production, audio engineering and show notes; Margo Lubin and Blake Curtis for video, editing and graphics; portraits by Ali Rogers; and theme music by Ana Leimma.

*Disclosure: Books and products denoted with an asterisk are hyperlinked to an affiliate program. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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• “We can reduce the death rate by 50% if you view the tumor as a metabolic problem rather than a genetic problem” – Thomas Seyfried
  • No clinics are treating cancer as a metabolic disease today
  • We can starve the disease of the 2 fermentable fuels (glucose and glutamine)
• Normal cells can burn ketones to stay alive, cancer cells cannot
  • Using calorie-restricted ketogenic diets transition normal cells to ketones for fuel while also keeping them hungry for glucose, normal cells then compete with tumor cells for glucose
• The ideal goal would be to figure out a way to starve cancer cells without starving or harming the normal cells
• Thomas’s group published a paper demonstrating that a ketogenic diet (through calorie restriction and maintaining low blood sugar levels) is the key to controlling epileptic seizures
•  “We only know that you don’t get cancer if your mitochondria remain healthy” – Thomas Seyfried
  • Avoid your exposure to pollution, radiation, and carcinogens 
    • Inherited genetic mutations only play a major role in 5-10% of cancers according to the National Cancer Institute

In this episode, Thomas Seyfried, a cancer researcher and professor of biology at Boston College, discusses a controversial view of cancer as a mitochondrial metabolic disease. Many topics related to the causes, treatments, and prevention of cancer are covered in this in-depth conversation.

We discuss:

• How Tom got interested in cancer research [9:00];
• Calorie-restricted ketogenic diets, fasting, and epileptic seizures [18:30];
• Otto Warburg and the Warburg effect [30:45];
• Germline mutations, somatic mutations, and no mutations [42:00];
• Mitochondrial substrate level phosphorylation: Warburg’s missing link [51:30];
• What is the structural defect in the mitochondria in cancer? [1:02:00];
• Peter’s near-death experience with the insulin suppression test while in ketosis [1:06:30];
• Insulin potentiation therapy and glutamine inhibition [1:13:15];
• The macrophage fusion-hybrid theory of metastasis [1:39:30];
• How are cancer cells growth dysregulated without a mutation? [1:47:00];
• What is the dream clinical trial to test the hypothesis that we can reduce the death rates of cancer by 50%? [2:03:15];
• How can the hypothesis be tested rigorously that structural abnormalities in the mitochondria impair respiration and lead to compensatory fermentation? [2:26:30];
• Case studies of GBM survivors [2:32:45]; and
• More.

Learn more at www.PeterAttiaMD.com

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• The fraud cycle follows the business cycle: The longer a bull market lasts, the more likely people will believe things that are too good to be true
  • Real frauds are revealed when the market goes down and people demand their money back
• The fraud triangle (traits that increase the chances of fraud):
  • Is there pressure?
  • Is there opportunity?
  • Is there rationalization for wrong-doing? 
• “We’re often swayed by people and not facts” – James Chanos
  • “Smart guy syndrome:” When someone you consider smart makes a decision you don’t agree with, you follow the smart guy’s lead anyway because you think you may be missing something
• James believes Tesla is a car company, not a tech company
  • “It is shocking how much of a car company it looks like…it’s a car company, it’s not a software company, it does not have 40-80% incremental margins, it has 15% margins”
• James says Tesla is an excellent example of how a narrative of a company can divorce itself from its financial standing
  • “The narrative is propelling the stock, not the reality of the financials“ – James Chanos
  • EVs are the slowest adopted disruptive technology.
    • They’ve been around for 10 years &have less than 2% market share and declined last year

Our guest this week is renowned short-seller Jim Chanos, founder, and president of Kynikos Associates. Over the course of his long and successful career, Jim has publicly bet against companies like Enron, which Barron’s deemed the “market call of the decade, if not the past 50 years.” While many know him for these famous shorts, fewer know that Jim is also a passionate historian, and is a firm believer in the notion that history can act as a useful guide for investors today. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss:

• How Jim started his career in finance
  
• The Mississippi Bubble
  
• How past financial frauds and manias can be useful for modern investors
  
• Tesla
  
• Lessons from the Great Financial Crisis
  
• Jim’s financial history course at Yale and Wisconsin
  
• Theranos

 And much, much more… we hope you enjoy.

"The most exciting new podcast in the startup world.” - Eric Ries, Founder, and NYTimes bestselling author

Mentioned in the podcast:

https://twitter.com/shl/status/1229844208959152128

Today we've got another deep-dive episode and this one is on monetizing your creativity.

It's with Sahil Lavingia, who is the founder and CEO of Gumroad, who's been on the podcast before. A great Below the Line episode with him going into detail in reflecting on his entrepreneurial path. Today goes a little bit more into detail on one specific thing, and that's monetizing your creativity.

Not only has Sahil monetized his own creativity, but he is also the founder of a company, a writer, and a painter. But his company actually powers the monetization of a countless number of creatives around the world. Whether they are creating art, making music, writing books, or wanting to pursue a side hustle.

Sahil tweeted about this recently, and that tweet thread is why I'm having him back on the show. He sent out a single tweet that went pretty viral that said: “I believe virtually everyone can make a living doing what they love. I discover new creators doing it in new ways almost every day. Do you want to create full-time but don't see a path towards doing it? Reply with what it is and let's see if I can help you outline a plan!”.

A lot of people replied and a lot of patterns emerge from that single tweet that I'm excited to dive into with Sahil today. We covered the concept of exercising versus training, prolific versus perfect and setting realistic expectations and timelines. We also talked about being really public, really early. When he started to paint he actually created an Instagram @shlpaints before he even started to paint as a way to give people an insight into his path as a painter, and also as an accountability tool. We talked about why, when, and how to build an audience — and also about the time and dedication required to build the necessary skills and the audience that could provide potential financial freedom while pursuing one's craft.

If it's something that you set realistic expectations, and specific goals around then, in Sahil’s words, it's as easy as going to the gym three times a week for two years... He's never heard of that “not working for somebody,” and he thinks the same applies to anyone that wants to pursue a creative endeavor.

Speaking of creativity... Do you want more creativity, more flow, more energy, and less stress? Do you want to tap into what nature gives us beyond just coffee? For all of these things go to magicmind.co to get the two-ounce shot that contains 12 magical ingredients that are scientifically designed to improve your productivity. Along with CEOs, doctors, musicians, even Navy Seals, I take it every day (and have been for about six years) — and it is the single most important part of my morning ritual to do more and stress less.

To learn more, go to magicmind.co and enter the promo code “BTL” for Below The Line to get 15% off and try it for yourself.

You can email James questions directly at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @ twitter.com/gobelowtheline — “Below the Line with James Beshara" is brought to you by Straight Up Podcasts LLC

"The most exciting new podcast in the startup world.” - Eric Ries, Founder, and NYTimes bestselling author

Mentioned in the podcast:

https://twitter.com/shl/status/1229844208959152128

Today we've got another deep-dive episode and this one is on monetizing your creativity.

It's with Sahil Lavingia, who is the founder and CEO of Gumroad, who's been on the podcast before. A great Below the Line episode with him going into detail in reflecting on his entrepreneurial path. Today goes a little bit more into detail on one specific thing, and that's monetizing your creativity.

Not only has Sahil monetized his own creativity, but he is also the founder of a company, a writer, and a painter. But his company actually powers the monetization of a countless number of creatives around the world. Whether they are creating art, making music, writing books, or wanting to pursue a side hustle.

Sahil tweeted about this recently, and that tweet thread is why I'm having him back on the show. He sent out a single tweet that went pretty viral that said: “I believe virtually everyone can make a living doing what they love. I discover new creators doing it in new ways almost every day. Do you want to create full-time but don't see a path towards doing it? Reply with what it is and let's see if I can help you outline a plan!”.

A lot of people replied and a lot of patterns emerge from that single tweet that I'm excited to dive into with Sahil today. We covered the concept of exercising versus training, prolific versus perfect and setting realistic expectations and timelines. We also talked about being really public, really early. When he started to paint he actually created an Instagram @shlpaints before he even started to paint as a way to give people an insight into his path as a painter, and also as an accountability tool. We talked about why, when, and how to build an audience — and also about the time and dedication required to build the necessary skills and the audience that could provide potential financial freedom while pursuing one's craft.

If it's something that you set realistic expectations, and specific goals around then, in Sahil’s words, it's as easy as going to the gym three times a week for two years... He's never heard of that “not working for somebody,” and he thinks the same applies to anyone that wants to pursue a creative endeavor.

Speaking of creativity... Do you want more creativity, more flow, more energy, and less stress? Do you want to tap into what nature gives us beyond just coffee? For all of these things go to magicmind.co to get the two-ounce shot that contains 12 magical ingredients that are scientifically designed to improve your productivity. Along with CEOs, doctors, musicians, even Navy Seals, I take it every day (and have been for about six years) — and it is the single most important part of my morning ritual to do more and stress less.

To learn more, go to magicmind.co and enter the promo code “BTL” for Below The Line to get 15% off and try it for yourself.

You can email James questions directly at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @ twitter.com/gobelowtheline — “Below the Line with James Beshara" is brought to you by Straight Up Podcasts LLC

• According to a study by Daniel Karheman and Angus Deaton, evaluations of happiness, can be separated into two categories: the remembrant self and the experiential self
  • Remembrant self: immediate thoughts concerning the emotional quality of everyday life
    • This measure of happiness plateaus for people making $75k+
  • Experiential self: retrospective thoughts about one’s overall life experience
    • This measure of happiness increases with income since more money means = more opportunity to live the life you want
• A great analogy: Money is the ink in your pen—it allows you to write more but the story itself is up to you
• “The majority of people in the US are capitalists who believe in fair progressive tax policy, but don’t want to demonize wealthy people. They want to be them.” – Scott Galloway
• “If you look at returns the last 10 years, somewhere between 22 and 33 percent, of the S&P’s gains have been around six stocks: “The Four” and Microsoft and Netflix” – Scott Galloway
  • “To not invest in those companies because of moral issues, and I respect people that do that, is to say, ‘I’m not going to participate in the upside in our economy'”
• “I think Facebook is the most dangerous organization in the world” – Scott Galloway
• On Woke Culture: “We’re exceptionally tolerant and forgiving and understanding of people who don’t look like us, but we’re not especially tolerant of people who don’t think like us” – Scott Galloway

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Scott Galloway about the connection between wealth and happiness. They discuss the problem of wealth inequality, the transfer of wealth from the young to the old, class warfare in Democratic politics, deficit spending, means testing Social Security, Bloomberg’s campaign and “stop and frisk,” breaking up big tech, privacy absolutism, meditation, mortality, atheism, and other topics.

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